Rik Mehta becomes first Indian-American to win Republican primary for the Senate seat from New Jersey

11:00:00 PM, Saturday 11th of July 2020 | in politics

Rik Mehta has become the first Indian-American to win the Republican primary for the Senate seat from the US state of New Jersey. Ric will face Democratic incumbent Senator Cory Booker in the November elections. Mehta, a former US Food and Drug Administration official, defeated rival Hirsh Singh, also an Indian-American, in the Republican, also known as Grand Old Party, primaries held on July 7 by a margin of 13,743 votes.